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Behold blue Heaven in that deep abyss!﻿The sea is that! Behold the long waves shine!Watch how they rock that giant bird divine,﻿Whose swinging white wings wide horizons kiss.Is that an iceberg in the blue abyss?﻿No, no—a cloud! Watch how 'tis veiling fineThe sea, the land, out-blotting every line﻿To drown it all in darkness soon I wis.

The lightning comes now! Frightful is its sweep.﻿But softly—softly! Watch my spur—my whip!I'll leap across unto that chasm's lip.﻿What still and chilling sternness great cliffs keep!Down there light calls to me. Soon there I'll be.﻿Uncanny is such loneliness to me.